Txiki Begiristain and Pep Guardiola could unleash a “huge” Manchester City budget on replacing the long-term injured Rodri, according to reports.It was confirmed at the end of last week that the

Manchester City maestro Rodri has torn his ACL and is out for the season. The club is eyeing a top replacement.

Manchester City drew 1-1 with Newcastle, in their first game without the injured Rodri. How much of a difference did it make?

Whether because of transfer or age, relying on the midfielder to play a similar volume of games for the next five years is totally unrealistic.

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Newcastle United were without striker Alexander Isak, while Manchester City now know they will be without midfield lynchpin Rodri for the rest of the season thanks to an ACL injury suffered against Arsenal last weekend. So how did the two teams try and plug the gap?

Pep Guardiola’s side head to St James’ Park for Saturday’s early kick-off. Join Rob Smyth.   14:15 88 min “It’s not you,” says Ian Copestake. “It’s me. I can’t hang around here waiting for the inevitable City winner having expressed joy at seeing the score followed by despair at how long remains.

As Pep Guardiola looks to find his best team, the Manchester City manager may find he has an imbalanced squad and too many attacking players who are out of form